Stanley Zhong, a teenager with a perfect academic record and a job at Google, is suing multiple universities after being rejected by 16 colleges. The lawsuits allege discrimination against Asian-American applicants in admissions, despite affirmative action being banned in California and by the US Supreme Court.
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